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How Amazon Rigs Its Shopping Algorithm - ProMarket

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For companies that sell on Amazon’s platform, “winning the Buy Box”—the area on the right-hand side of the page that says “Add to Cart” or “Buy Now”—is everything. While Amazon says it’s a neutral arbiter, there is ample evidence that the company has rigged its algorithm to deliver outcomes that further its own interests at […]

Antitrust and Competition How Amazon Rigs Its Shopping Algorithm By Stacy Mitchell and Shaoul Sussman November 6, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Email Stacy Mitchell Stacy Mitchell is Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where she focuses on curbing corporate concentration and building thriving local economies. She has played a leading role in the growing anti-monopoly movement, helping to popularize its ideas and secure their embrace by federal and state policymakers. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times , The Atlantic , and The Washington Post . She is the a

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